Melaleuca huegelii 'HuegflatGL'
Low spreading plant 20cm high x 2m across with small white bottlebrush flowers in Summer
Melaleuca thymifolia 'Little Beauty'
This cultivar is a compact and dense shrub growing to ca. 0.3m
tall by 0.6m wide. It flowers over most of the year except the winter
months. The flowers are mauve and up to 20mm in diameter. The plant
otherwise resembles M. thymifolia.
Diagnosis:
M. thymifolia 'Little Beauty' differs from the more usual forms
of the species in the flower colour, the density in which the flowers are
borne and its compact, dense habit. The flowers on this cultivar are borne
in dense clusters across the top of the plant as compared to the scattered
axillary clusters of flowers found in the normal form of the species.
Melaleuca thymifolia 'Little Beauty'
This cultivar is a compact and dense shrub growing to ca. 0.3m
tall by 0.6m wide. It flowers over most of the year except the winter
months. The flowers are mauve and up to 20mm in diameter. The plant
otherwise resembles M. thymifolia.
Diagnosis:
M. thymifolia 'Little Beauty' differs from the more usual forms
of the species in the flower colour, the density in which the flowers are
borne and its compact, dense habit. The flowers on this cultivar are borne
in dense clusters across the top of the plant as compared to the scattered
axillary clusters of flowers found in the normal form of the species.
Correa 'Benara Bell'
Erect spreading small shrub to c. 1.0 m x 2 m with a
moderately dense habit. Branchlets finely tomentose with white and
rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming green and sub glabrous with clusters
of stellate hairs. Simple leaves cordate to elliptical, 20 mm x 15 mm. Leaf
tips slightly acute to obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
margins slightly recurved. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and
coriaceous. Upper surfaces of young leaves minutely tomentose with white
and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Lower surfaces pale green tomentose with
minute white and rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla cylindrical 20 mm x
6 mm pale cream with a pink blush shading to green at the tips. Peak
flowering is from May to August in most districts with spasmodic flowering
throughout the year.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar is differentiated from Correa alba var. alba by
the non-splitting corolla tube and length of flower as well as the shape
and tomentum of the leaves. Correa 'Marion's Marvel' has larger flowers (23
mm x 10 mm) that are dominantly pink in colour grading to pale green tips.
Although similar in flower colour to C. 'Ivory Bells', it is differentiated
from that cultivar by leaf size. C. 'Ivory Bells' has much larger leaves
(33 mm x 21 mm) than C. 'Benara Bell' although leaf shape and tomentum are
similar. It is almost identical to C. 'Beek's Beauty' which originated in
the garden of Marianne Beek in Naracoorte. Correa 'Beek's Beauty' is not
widely grown and is unlikely to be presented for registration. The form
being registered is that which arose spontaneously in Phillip Dowling's
garden (Benara Road Nursery).
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Lemon and Lime'
Note:
Received as Correa 'Wilson's Promontory Lime and Gold'
Low growing shrub to ca. 60 cm x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets highly tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs becoming
brown and glabrous with age. Simple cordate leaves, 30 mm x 24 nun, shortly
petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
entire margins with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature
leaves dark green and scabridulous with scattered white stellate hairs
becoming more concentrated at margins. Upper surfaces of young leaves
densely tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Young growth may have
pink tinge. Lower surfaces of leaves densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated
on the veins and margins. Foliaceous bracts strongly reflexed to enclose
flower. Peduncles axillary, slender, terminating in a pair of foliaceous
bracts clasping the flower. Calyx hemispherical, 4 mm high, fawn coloured
with scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs. Corolla obconical 32 mm x 12
mm, lemon with lime green tips covered with fine tomentum of white-coloured
stellate hairs becoming rusty at tips. Anthers shortly exerted, narrow
oblong and obtuse. Peak flowering is from March to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Gippsland area but is distinctive by its
unique flower colour. The usual green form of C. reflexa is uniformly
coloured from calyx to tip.
Correa backhouseana var. coriacea 'Eucla Gold'
Erect small shrub to c. 1.2 m x 0.8 m with a moderately dense
habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with minute rust-coloured stellate hairs
becoming green and glabrous with occasional clusters of short stellate
hairs on older stems. Simple leaves ovate, 20 mm x 10 mm. Leaf apices
acute, leaf bases oblique, venation reticulate, margins entire. Upper
surfaces of mature leaves dark green and coriaceous. Upper surfaces of
young leaves minutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and
occasional rust-coloured stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at
margins. Lower surfaces minutely densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs becoming rust-coloured on the veins and margins. Flowers axillary or
terminal on short branchlets, pedicels 4 mm long, light green minutely
densely tomentose with white stellate hairs. Calyx hemispherical,
mid-green, coriaceous becoming densely tomentose towards base, 2-3 mm long.
Corolla cylindrical, 25 mm x 8 mm with petals barely recurved, creamy
yellow with a fine tomentum of rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming
concentrated towards tips of petals. Stamens 4+4, inserted at base of disc,
filaments broadened towards base, anthers slightly exerted, dark brown,
narrow-oblong, apex slightly truncate. Peak flowering is from April to July
in most districts.
Diagnosis:
Distinguished from other C. backhouseana var. coriacea plants
which have smaller flowers usually less than 20 mm long and are narrower.
Flower colour is also brighter than normal forms, which are pale
yellow-green.
Correa 'Ivory Dancer'
Vigorous shrub to c. 1.5 m x 2 m with a dense habit.
Branchlets sparsely tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs. Simple
elliptical leaves, 23 mm x 16 mm, petioles to 0.5 mm. Leaf apices obtuse,
leaf bases oblique, venation reticulate, margins entire, lamina curves into
convex shape. Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and glabrous to
scabridulous with occasional stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of young leaves
sparsely tomentose with white stellate hairs and occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs. Lower surfaces tomentose with minute white stellate hairs
and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated on
the veins. Calyx tomentose with rust coloured stellate hairs, pedicels to 4
mm. Corolla cylindrical 23 mm x 8 mm, ivory-white, petals strongly reflexed
(spreading lobes). Anthers exerted, narrow oblong, obtuse. Peak flowering
is from April to August in most districts.
Diagnosis:
The leaves of this cultivar conform to descriptions for C.
reflexa var. reflexa, except for the oblique bases and petioles to 5 mm
which conforms to C. pulchella. The flower has an affinity to C. pulchella
because of its spreading lobes and single colour. It is a taller shrub than
the range (1 m) given for C. pulchella by Wilson (1998). The cultivar is
distinctive because of its white flower colour which is different from
other C. reflexa x C. pulchella hybrids such as C. 'Dusky Bells', C. 'Pink
Mist' and C. 'Mannii'. The cultivar varies from C. 'Ivory Bells' in
parentage (C. alba var. alba x C. backhouseana) and in leaf size.
Correa reflexa 'Granny's Grave'
Prostrate shrub to c. 15 cm x 60 cm with a dense,
horizontally layered habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with rust-coloured
steflate hairs becoming green and glabrous with age with occasional
clusters of short stellate hairs. Simple cordate leaves, almost deltoid, 22
mm x 20 mm, shortly petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate,
venation reticulate, margins undulate with rustcoloured stellate hairs.
Upper surfaces of mature leaves dark green and scabridulous with stellate
hairs concentrated at the margins. Upper surfaces of young leaves sparsely
tomentose with minute white stellate hairs and occasional rust-coloured
stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at margins. Lower surfaces
n-iinutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and scattered
rustcoloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated on the veins. Calyx
hemispherical with fine rusty tomentum. Corolla slightly obconical, 30 mm x
10 mm, lime green with fine white tomentum'of stellate hairs becoming
tan-coloured at tips. Anthers shortly exerted, narrow oblong and obtuse.
Flowering time:
Peak flowering is from April to July in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C. reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Warrnambool area but is distinctive by its
large, flowers and lime-green flower colour
Correa reflexa var. reflexa 'Dawn Glow'
Note:
Received as Correa 'Portland Dawn Glow'
Prostrate shrub to ca. 20 cm x 1.5 - 2 m with a moderately
dense habit. Branchlets highly tomentose with rust-coloured stellate hairs
becoming brown and glabrous with age with occasional clusters of short
stellate hairs. Simple cordate leaves, 20 -30 mm x 12 -18 mm, shortly
petiolate. Leaf apices obtuse, leaf bases cordate, venation reticulate,
margins with rust-coloured stellate hairs. Upper surfaces of mature leaves
dark green and scabridulous with occasional stellate hairs. Upper surfaces
of young leaves minutely densely tomentose with white stellate hairs and
occasional rust-coloured stellate hairs, becoming more concentrated at
margins. Lower surfaces minutely densely tomentose with white stellate
hairs and scattered rust-coloured stellate hairs becoming more concentrated
on the veins. Corolla cylindrical 25mm x 10mm, dull orange-red. Peak
flowering is from May to June in most districts.
Diagnosis:
This cultivar conforms to descriptions for C reflexa var.
reflexa found naturally in the Portland area but is distinctive by its
prostrate habit and unique flower colour.